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PYMNTS covers artificial intelligence as it transforms payments, commerce and financial services, from generative AI and agentic commerce to fraud detection, underwriting and customer engagement. Our reporting pairs breaking news with proprietary data and expert analysis to examine how AI is reshaping business models, operational efficiency and competitive dynamics across the connected economy.
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WorkWhile Targets the $20 Billion Labor Economy Scheduling Gap
June 17, 2026

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Commerce Department Threatened Anthropic With Criminal Charges Over AI Models
June 16, 2026

In the letter that led Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models on Friday (June 12), Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ordered the company not to give foreign nationals anywhere in the world access to the models without a...

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Wonder’s Robot Cooks Circles Around Every Human on the Line
June 16, 2026

One machine can make 500 burrito bowls, salads and poke bowls an hour. A human worker makes roughly 30 to 45. That gap is the business case Marc Lore is building Wonder around. Fortune reported that Lore unveiled the system recently. A turntable spins each...

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OpenAI Readies Deployment of ChatGPT for 3 Million Pentagon Personnel
June 16, 2026

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is set to be available through the Pentagon’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, GenAI.mil, in early July, Nextgov/FCW reported Tuesday (June 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Nvidia Wants Telecom to Run the Robotic Future
June 16, 2026

Robots navigating factory floors, drones inspecting power lines, and autonomous vehicles reading traffic all share the same constraint: They need to act in milliseconds. Sending data to a distant computing facility and waiting for a response takes too long. For machines operating in the physical...

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Apartments.com Offers Renters AI-Powered Search Options
June 16, 2026

Apartments.com owner CoStar Group is introducing a new artificial intelligence-powered search tool. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Mercury Deploys Conversational AI Interface Across FinTech Platform
June 16, 2026

Mercury has added a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) interface to its financial platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Physical AI Steps in as Global Workforce Shrinks
June 16, 2026

U.S. manufacturers are projected to leave 2.1 million jobs unfilled by 2030. In a 2021 study, the Manufacturing Institute estimated that gap could cost the economy $1 trillion in that year alone. In construction, the Associated Builders and Contractors earlier this year projected the industry...

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Databricks Launches Agentic Coworker Fueled by All Business Data
June 16, 2026

Databricks has launched an agentic coworker called Genie One designed to help business teams automate and orchestrate their work across data from inside or outside Databricks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...